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I think we all do: I think we wonder if we’re supposed to be here if we’re doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.

SZA

I just make music however I feel and pray that it connects, and if it does, I’m super thankful. I think genres are more for other people, not for yourself.
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I will be feeling morbid and joyful at the same time.
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There’s something different about growing up black and Muslim, especially in New Jersey. It’s like when I left the mosque and I left my dad, I felt unprotected, but I also felt a weird sense of pride, like I was involved in this other way of living that was cool to me.
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I went through this phase of Spandex, high heels, and fur coats when I was in my late teens and early twenties; before then, I lived in overalls and baggy T-shirts.
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I love food, so having a lot of food allergies now and just having a really sensitive body, it forces me to be very mindful and conscious and eat when I’m hungry, not just when I’m bored, and just really slow down. Everything in moderation. , SZA quotes on food
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My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you’ve ever met. They’re very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.
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I love empowering women. I think it’s crazy: if you ever try to belittle women, you’re playing yourself – I ride with whoever rides with me.
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Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.
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I don’t have any control over what actually happens except that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I’m there. That’s all that matters.
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It’s so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I’m not incredibly passionate about.
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I want to excel at something, to follow through, to not be afraid.
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I have an abundant amount of love in my life, and I’m grateful for that.
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Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative – it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you’re the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop.
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It starts with trusting yourself, even if people are telling you you’re too young to trust yourself.
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Sugar makes me feel crazy – like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don’t really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something – something that I’m missing.
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Mental health and family above all things. Period.
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We’re changing little girls’ lives across the world, and we didn’t even know what we were doing when we started.
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I don’t have a primary doctor, a primary hairstylist, a primary anything. I don’t even have a primary address! Everything is just whenever I can find one.
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I don’t feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I’ve had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.
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I’ve always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn’t let me.
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I did some work on Beyonce and Nick Minaj’s ‘Feeling Myself.’
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My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.
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Father if you don’t take me any further I honor the gifts you’ve given me thus far.
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I don’t have a background in music, and I have a short attention span. If you put me in the studio every day, I’m gonna get lost.
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My music is touching people in whatever spaces they need to be touched in.
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My mom didn’t let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.
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I always used to be like, ‘I don’t need to meditate.’ And it’s not true.
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I think we all do: I think we wonder if we’re supposed to be here if we’re doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.

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I think we all do: I think we wonder if we’re supposed to be here if we’re doing the right thing, if we even want to be here. At least, I do all the time.

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